ملف ٤٦٩/ ١٩١٧ جزء ١ "بلاد فارس: شؤون بختياري" [و‎‎٤‎٧] (٥٣٥/١٠٣)

appear tiiat Jarjg spent sQiaetnins line T. 15,000 on road
guards• I nave ascertained however mat nis expejiseG
uin >1 j u anoUiio uo [.ioig tlian a tnird oi tui g figure*
In tne next year 1015 me protection was entrusted
to Banatiari levies w.io were said to be entertained on
tne scale of taat of tne previous year.
Tnis year owing to tne Khans being delayed in the
low country till well into me sumier aud to me dis
agreement between tne Illknani and Illbegi, no adequate
arrangements seem to nave been made to protect the road.
When the Khans arrived at Malamir at tne beginning of
June the situation seemed to them fairly satisfactory.
Ko robberies had so far occurred and the Governorship
of the Taibi and Sahuai sections of the Kuhgelus were
in the hands of blahmoud Hussein Khan and Zaki Khan in
whom the Khans nad confidence. It would seem that the
lllkhani and Illbegi hoped to do matters on the cheap
by placing a few of tueir own men along tne road, and
to dispense with the more costly arrangement of
subsidizing me Kuiigelus. Unfortunately however, on
June the 4th, a large party of robbers recruited from
Taibi and Bahmai tribes, owning allegiance to All Hesa
Khan and Imam mil Khan respectively, raided and
carried off a considerable portion of one of Messrs.
Lyncn Brothers caravans of 150 mules. Ac an urgent
temporary measure tne Khans paid or promised to pay
Zaki Khan a sum said to be T.1000 in return for which
the latter placed his tufangahis on the road. In the
meanwhile the real instigators of the robbery viz.
All Hesa Khan and Imam Quli Khan offered to return
the stolen goods provided tne Governorship was taken
away from their enemies Zaki Khan and Mahmoud hussein
and made over to them. I regret to report maw me
Khans, being unwilling to undertake an expedition in